Clothesline holder



Jan. 22, 1946. J. WALDHEIM CLOTHESLINE HOLDER Original Filed Dec. 5, 1938 5 Sheets-Sheet l IN VEN TOR.

2, 1946- J. WALDHEIM CLOTHESLINE HOLDER Original Filed Dec. 5, 1938 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTQR.

Jan. 22, 1946.

v J. WALDHEIM GLOTHESLINE HOLDER Origin a l Filed Dec. 5, 1938 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 IN V EN TOR.

'tain the reaches of' Patented Jan. 22, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHESLINE HOLDER John Waldheim, Elizabeth, N. Original application December 5, 1938, Serial No. 243,955. v Divided and this application October 11, 1941, Serial No. 414,665

20 Claims. (01. 21 1 119.02)

This invention relates to improvements in pulley clothes line holders and is a division of my application Ser. No. 243,955, filed December 5, 1938, now Patent No. 2,292,415, dated August 1.1, 1942.

In the above mentioned patent the pulley clothes line consists of at least three reaches, two outer reaches arranged to travel together and in the same direction and an idle reach arranged to travel in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the outer reaches. These reaches are disposed with respect to each other so that one of the outer reaches, which carries the clothes, is located beneath the intermediate or idle reach, the other outer reach, which is a guard reach, is located above the idle reach, the guard reach serving to keep the articlesof clothes from lying on and. dragging over the idle reach in case they are blown overthe line by the wind.

An object of the present invention is to provide a holder which is constructed to keep'the various reaches of the line definitely spaced from one another that is to say to keep them, especially the guard reach and the idle reach, from movin towards each other as well as away from each other.

Features of the invention relate to novel means on the holder for gripping one or more of the reaches, transmit facilitating means, and means to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the various reaches of the clothes line while the holder is maintained substantially vertical thereto.

Various features of the invention are also applicable to a holder used with an ordinary two reach clothes line as hereinafter clearly pointed out.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings, which form part of the specification;

Fig. 1 is a side elevation illustrating a clothes line in which there are formed four reaches, namely a lower or clothes carrying reach, two intermediate or idle reaches and an upper or guard reach, and a plurality of holders to mainthe clothes line in proper relation and definitely spaced from one another;

Fig. 2 shows one end of the clothes line and another arrangement of holders;

Figs. 3 and 4 are front and end elevations, respectively, of one typeof holder which may be used on the line;

Fig. 5 is a front view of another form of holder;

Fig. 6 is an end view of the upper portion of the holder shown in Fig. 5;

Figs. 7 and 8 are enlarged front and end eleva-.

tions, respectively, of one type of holder used on the clothes line shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is ahorizontal section taken on the line 5-9 of s- 7;

Figs. 10 and 11 are front and end elevations, respectively, of a type of holder used as illustrated in Figs. land 2;

Figs. 12 and 13 are front and end elevations, respectively, of a modification of the type of holder shown in Fig. 10;

Fig. 14 is a horizontal section taken on the line lt-M of Fig. 12;

Figs. 15 and 16 are front and end elevations, respectively, of a modification of the type of holde sho n in Fla Fig. 17 illustrates another holder suitable for use on a clothes line having a guard reach; and

Fig. 18 is a fragmentary side view of the upper portion of the holder shown in Fig. 17.

One form of pulley line to which the invention may be applied is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and is indicated generally by the numeral 29. It is composed of a single piece of line or rope arranged to provide four reaches, two outer reaches and two intermediate reaches. The outer reaches comprise a lower or clothes carrying reach 34 and an upper, guard reach 31. The intermediate reaches comprise the reaches 35 and 36. These reaches are formed in the following manner. The lower reach 34 of the line extends around a pulley 38, at the right of Fig. 1, to form the intermediate section 35 which extends leftward from the upper part of said pulley to the lower part of a pulley 39 at the opposite end of'the clothes line 29. The reach 35 extends around the pulley 39 andforms the upper or guard reach or section 31 which extends from the upper part of the pulley 39 to the upper part of a pulley M1. The piece of line then passes around the pulley 40 to form the intermediate reach 36 which extends from the lower part of the pulley 40 to the upper part of a pulley 4!. The piece of line finally passes around the pulley ll to the lower reach 34. Thus the two intermediate or idle reaches 35 and 36 travel simultaneously and in the same direction and opposite to the direction of travel of the outer reaches 34 and 31.

Therefore if the pieces of clothes, not shown, are carried by the lower reach 34, and attached thereto in the usual manner, are blown over the entire clothes line they are caused to lie on the upper or guard reach 37 which prevents them from resting upon the intermediate reaches 35 and 36. Consequently since the'guard reach 31,

upon which the clothes rest, always travels in the same direction as the clothes carrying reach 34 the line may be operated readily, without hindrance by the clothes, to draw them in and without soiling them.

Provision is made to tighten or slacken all of the reaches 34, 35, 36 and 31, of the line 29, simultaneously. To this end the rope which constitutes the four reaches has a loop 56, formed thereon, at one end, through which the other end 5| may slip freely while drawing the reaches tight or slackening them as desired. Subsequently any suitable knot 52 may be made to prevent accidental slipping of the end 5| through the loop 50. The tightening or slackening of the line may also be accomplished independent of the loop 56 by a special device, not shown, which may be like that shown, described and claimed in my above mentioned patent.

To maintain the reaches 34, 35, 36 and 31 of the clothes line in their proper relation and definitely spaced from one another, and especially prevent crowding of the guard reach 31 against the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 there is provided means including one or more supports or holders 55, one form of which is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1.

The holder 55 is illustrated in detail in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, and several may be used on a long clothes line. They may readily be attached, at intervals, to the clothes line as the attaching or hanging of the articles of clothes, on the reach 34, proceeds. Each holder 55 comprises a body part 56 having two stationary, cantilever spindles 51 secured thereto. Rollers 58 are mounted to run on the spindles 51, the upper one of the rollers 58 cooperating with the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 to give free transit of the holder 55 on said reaches. The lower roller 58 serves as a stop to limit the movement of the reaches 35 and 36 away from the upper roller 58 and it cooperates with the upper roller to assist in maintaining the holder on the intermediate reaches 35 and 36. These rollers may be composed of wood or other fibrous material and are therefor provided with bushings 59 to prevent rapid wear of said rollers on the spindles 51.

The rollers 58 are offset with respect to each other, as seen in Fig. '7, was to provide a diagonally disposed slot or passage way 56 between them through which the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 of the clothes line may be inserted or removed only when the holder and reaches 35 and 36 are placed diagonally with reference to each other so that the passage way 59 is substantially parallel to the nearest portions of the intermediate reaches 35 and 36. After the reaches 35 and 36 have been ingressed through the passage way 59 and the holder has been returned to a vertical position with reference to the reaches 34 and 31, it may be attached at its opposite ends to the lower and upper reaches 34 and 31, respectively. It will be seen that in this vertical position of the holder 55 the lower portion of the flange 60 of one of the rollers 58 and the upper portion of the flange 66 of the lower roller overlap the intermediate reaches 35 and 36, as seen in Fig. 1, to thus prevent accidental detachment of the holder from said intermediate reaches or vice-versa.

To attach each holder 55 to the outer reaches 34 and 31 its body part 56 is provided with hooklike attaching means 6| and 62 at its lower and upper ends respectively. The hook-like means 6|, in this form of holder, comprises two upturned hooks 63 which extend to one side of the body part 56 so that the reach 34 may readily be inserted into said hook-like means from one side of the holder. Front members of the hooks 63 are angularly disposed with reference to each other and are substantially vertical so as to present corners 64 which cooperate with corners 65 of the hook-like means 6| to form a bight 66 in the reach 34 to thereby grip the reach 34 tightly and cause the holder to travel therewith.

To prevent accidental detachment of the holder 55 from the reach 34, there are provided two obstructing or guard members 61 associated with the hook-like means and which, in the present form of the invention, are located one on the upper end of each front member of hook 63. These guard members form part of the front members of hooks 63 and extend diagonally over the reach 34 to prevent accidental removal of the reach 34 from the hooks 63 and thus accidental detachment of the holder from the line 29 is prevented. In other words, the guard members 61 and the rear portion of the hook 63 form a bent slot through which the reach 34 may be passed to the hooks 63, said bent slot preventing accidental detachment of the holder from the reach 34.

To connect the holder 55 to the reach 34 in another manner the latter may first be placed in one of the hooks 63 and under the guard member or keeper 61 by placing said holder diagonally with reference to the reach 34. The holder may then be brought to a vertical position and the other part of the reach 34 may now be readily pushed down over the incline face 68 of the guard member 61 on the other hook 63 until it snaps under the guard member 61. To remove the holder 55 from the reach 34 the latter is bent back at one side of the holder and towards the body part 56 thereof until it clears the guard 61. The reach may then be lifted out of one of the hooks 63. Subsequently the holder may be turned slightly about its vertical axis until the other guard member 61 clears that portion of the reach in the other hook 63. The holder is then moved downwardly from the reach 34.

The hook-like means 62, at the upper end of the holder 55, is the same and functions similarly to the hook-like means 6| and the corresponding parts have the same reference characters applied thereto, the only difference being that the hooks 63 at the upper end are downturned to hook on to the reach 31 and the guard members 61 extend under the reach 31 to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from said reach. It is immaterial whether the holder is first attached to the lower reach 34 or upper reach 31. In any event, however, the holder should be brought to a vertical position before it is attached to the second outer reach.

All of the corners, which come in contact with the reaches 34, 35, 36 and 31, such as the side edges of the body part and the corners 64, 65

and others, are slightly rounded so as to prevent cutting or chafing of the line reaches thereby. This is also true of all of the other holders herein described.

2,899, 49!) 7 lower reach 34 is supported by the holder through reaches 34 and 31 with reference to each other and with reference to the intermediate oridle reaches, but because of the guard members 61, they also prevent movement of said reaches towards each other, which may otherwise be caused by the clothes when wrapped about. the clothes line. Under this condition the articles of clothes tend to crowd the upper reach 31 down towards the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 and it is under this condition that the holder 55 assists in supporting the upper reach 31 through the medium of the guard members 61 at the upper end of the holder 55. It will also be understood that as many holders may be used on a clothes line as are necessary in accordance with the length of said clothes line.

The holder 55 is symmetrical in construction and therefore it is not necessary to determine which end should be attached, to the upper reach of the line. In other words either end of the holder may be applied to one of theouter reaches and the opposite, end may subsequently be applied to the other outer reach. Accordingly either one of the rollers 58 is capable of running on the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 while the other roller, located under the reaches 35 and 36 serves only as a guard to assist in Preventing accidental detachment of the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 from the holder.

Either one of th hook-like means 64 and 62 is efiective in combination with the taut condition of the reach engaged thereby, to maintain the holder in a position vertical to the line 25. Thus it is impossible for the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 to move out through the diagonal slot 59, formed by the rollers 58 while the holder is vertical to the line. To attach the holder to or detach it from the intermediate reaches 3 and 36 it is necessary to place the holder diagonally of said reaches, as previously stated, so that the slot 59 is substantially parallel to said reaches. This may be done by swinging the holder, against the combined action of One of the outer reaches and the associated gripping means, until the slot 59 is in the desired position, the gripping means at the opposite end of the holder being, at this time, free of its associated reach.

Instead of using only holders 55 the type indicated by the numeral 10, Figs. 10 and 11 may be used therewith at intervals in the manner indicated diagrammatically in Figs. 1 and 2. It will be noticed that the holder III has only one roller 58a which is supported on a cantilever spindle 57a and cooperates with the intermediate reaches 35 and 36, irrespective of whether the holder extends up from the lower reach 34 or hangs down from the upper reach .31, The flange 60a of the roller 53a cooperates with a guard member or finger H to prevent accidental detachment of the holder 10 from the intermediate reaches. To attach the holder 10 to, or detach it from, the intermediate reaches 35 and 36, it must be placed diagonally with reference to said intermediate reaches so that said reaches may be moved through the diagonal passage way 59a formed by the lower part of the flange 55a and the guard member or finger H. The finger 1| may be struck up from the body part 56a and extends forwardly therefrom. It is located in a horizontal plane sufliciently close to the. lower portion of the flange-60a to prevent detachment t me reaches 35 and as from the roller 5811 while the holder is in a position vertical to the clothes line 28.

To attach the holder 10 to the lower or clothes supporting reach 34, it is provided with hook-' like means 61a the construction of which may be identical with that of the hook-like means 6|, of the holder shown in Fig. 7, corresp0nd-.- ing parts being identified by the same reference characters with the addition of the letter a.

The holders 1.0' are maintained in positions vertical to the line 28 by the combined action of the reach to which they are attached and the attaching means 6m, similarly to the manner previously described in connection with the holder 55 of Fig, 7. The advantage of maintaining the holder vertical in this form of the inven: tion is to prevent it from occupying a, position in which reach 31 may become jammed between the roller 58b and thefmger Mb.

The holders (0, may be used in pairs, one of each pair being applied, as above described, to run on the intermediate reaches 35 and 361 to support the clothes carrying reach 34. The other holder 10, or the pair is inverted as in Fig. 2, and hangs from the u per reach 3'! through the medium of the attaching means Bla. It is located close to the. other holder 10 and the roller 58a thereof engages under the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 to support them, the finger H extending over the intermediate reaches.

The holders 10 may be used in pairs as above mentioned, or they may be used individually with the holders 55 as illustrated in Fig. 1, where one is shown locatedbetween the holders 55. The holder H1 may also be used to a good advantage on an ordinary two reach clothes line forthe purpose of holding said reaches together, and without the possibility of accidental detachment .fromeitherreach of the clothes line. When the holder 10 is so used the groove in its roller 58a may be sufficiently narrow to accommodate only one reach of the clothes line.

It should be understood that the holder 55 of Fig. 7 may also be used 0 g a two reach pulley line. For example the means 6| may grip the lower reach of the two reach pulley line and the rollers 58 may cooperate with the upper reach thus producing the function of a spacer for a two reach pulley line.

The holder 15, Figs. 3 and 4, is, in some respects, like the holder 16 of Fig. 10 since it has a similar roller 58b, mounted on a spindle 51b to run on the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 of the line 29. It also has a guard or finger 'Hb cooperating with a flange 60b of roller 58b to prevent accidental detachment of the holder 15 from the intermediate reaches- 35 and 36. At its lower end, the holder 15 is provided with hooklike attaching means 61b, which may also be like that of the holder 10, to support the lower reach 34 of the clothes line. The holder 15 also resembles the holder 55, Fig. 7, since it is provided, at its upper end, with a hook-like means 62b. This hock-like means, however, is formed by a single lip 63b bent from the body part 55b to form an inverted groove 16 to accommodate the upper reach 3! of the clothes lin 29.

The free end of the lip 63b is provided with guard members l-i which extend downwardly tothe reach 31. 'To detach the holder from the line the reach 3'! may be bent or the upper end of the holder 15, which is free to slide on the.

reach 31, may be moved to one side in the direction of the reach, sidewise in Fig. 3, until the reach3l clears one of the members 'il, in order that the reach may be moved through the bent passage way 18, formed by the members TI and the flange 60b of the roller-58b. After thus removing the reach 311) at one side of the holder the upper end of said holder may be moved to the opposite side in Fig. 3 to complete the removal of the reach 31 from said holder.

It will be understood that in the holder i5 only the hook-like means-(ill) grips the clothes line, the hook-like means 621) at the upper end simply accommodates or embraces the reach '3'! but does not grip it tight therefore the holder may shift slightly, if necessary, relatively to the reach 31, thus permitting said holder or holders to remain vertically disposed with reference to the .line in case the tightening thereof is efiected after the holders have been attached. The tightening, it will be remembered, may be effected by the special device above mentioned.

From the foregoing it will be understood that if the tightening of the line is effected after the holders [5 have been attached to the upper reach 31 is free to shift slightly relatively to the upper ends of the holders I5 without disturbing the positions of said holders. This form of holder ordinarily hangs from the upper reach 31, but when the articles ofclothes are blown over this reach they bear it down against the upper part of the roller 531), which rides on th intermediate reaches 35 and 36, and the holder 75 thus desists in supporting the upper reach 31.

Another form of holder, 85, which may be used on the clothes line 29, is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 and is similar to the holder 15, ShOWn in Figs. 3 and 4, since it is provided with a roller 58c supported by a headed spindle 510 secured to the body part 560, and because the lower end of the body part is provided with hook-like means 610, like that shown in Figs. 3 and 7, which grips the reach 34 to cause said holder 85 to travel with said reach.

The hook-like means 620 at the upper end of the holder 85 is also similar to that of holder since it does not grip the reach 31 tightly so as to permit freedom of movement between the holder and the reach 31. It differs in construction, from that of holder 15, however, in that the hook 330 is formed at the upper end of a narrow portion 85 of the body part 560. further distinction of the construction of the holder 85 over that of holder 15, is that the guard members Tic do not cooperate with the flange 600 of the roller 580, but they cooperate with the narrow portion 85 of the body part 560 to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the guard reach 31, said guard members 'Ilc extending diagonally rearward under the reach 3! from the lower, forward end of the hook 630. Thus it is impossible to remove the reach, while in straight condition, from the hook 630. In order to remove it, it is necessary to angularly dispose the reach and holder with reference to each other, as viewed from the top of Fig. 5 until the reach 31 clears the free end of the member He, whence the reach may be moved downwardly at one side of the holder, out of the hook 630. This operation is then repeated at the opposite side of the holder to completely "remove the reach 31 from said holder. In this holder the guard members 11 assist in supporting the upper reach 3'! while the clothes lie on said reach. Thus the latter prevents the clothes from dragging on the intermediate reaches 35 and 36.

The intermediate reaches 35 and 36 are held against accidental detachment, from the holder 85, by the guard finger 'Ilc which extends upwardly to overlapping relation with respect to the flange 500 of the roller 580 as viewed from the right hand side of Fig. 5. The finger 'Hc forms with the roller flange 600 a diagonal passage way 590 through which the intermediate reaches may be passed only when the holder and the pair of reaches are angularly disposed with respect to each other in a vertical plane in which the clothes line is disposed. This relation is effected when it is desired to attach the holder to or detach it from the reaches 35 and 36.

The holder I20 shown in Figs. 12, 13 and 14 is similar to the holder 10, Fig. 10. It is provided with a roller 58h to rotate on a spindle 51h secured to an upwardly projecting extension l2l, of the body part 56h, said extension being reenforced by a rib i22 pressed rearwardly therefrom. This holder is illustrated for use with an ordinary clothes line having only two reaches 34h and 25h, but it will be understood that it, as well as others described hereinafter, may be used as the holder ill shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 10 on clothes lines having more than two reaches by providing it with a roller 58h of sufficient width to accommodate the two reaches 35 and 36.

Guard fingers 'llh are located one on each side of the extension [2| and they project forwardly from the body part 5% and then upwardly into overlapping relation, as seen in Fig. 13, with the forward flange 60h of the roller 5871., to thus prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the reach 35h while the holder is in vertical position on the clothes line. As seen in Fig. 12, the upwardly extending portions of the fingers 'Hh are diagonally disposed with reference to the body part 5th of the holder, or in other words, they extend outwardly away from each other to form, with the roller 58h, diagonal passage ways 5% through which the reach 35h may be passed to attach the holder to, or detach it from, the reach 35h it being necessary to diagonally dispose the reach 3571. and the holder with reference to each other in Fig. 12, first to one side of the roller 58h. and to the opposite side, in order to pass the reach 3571, through one of the passage ways 53h and then through the other. It will be noticed that in this form of holder the flange 6071. is not enlarged as is the flange 63a in Fig. 11, but it is the same size as the other flange 60h at the rear of the roller 58h.

It will be noticed that the passage ways 59h actually form a bent slot through which the reach may be passed to the hook 63h.

The securing means Glh, in the holder I20 is difierent than that of the holder 10 as shown in Fig. 10, since it has only a single hook 53h to support the reach $471,. Said hook is bent up from the lower end of the body part 5671. and is provided at its upper, free end with two, diagonal guard members iilh to prevent accidental detachment of the reach 34h from the holder. Said members 61h function also, in cooperation with the lower or curved portion of the hook 63, to form the bight 63h in the reach 3471. to thus cause the holder I20 to travel with said reach. The inclined edges 68h of the guard members 61h facilitate movement of the reach 34h past said guard members while it is being inserted into the hook 63h.

The lower end of the body part 56h of the holder I20 is cut away at its side edges, as seen at l2! in Fig. 12, to provide passageways I22, Fig. 14, through which the reach 34h may be passed into or out of the hook 63h. It will be seen that the two passage Ways I22 together form a bent slot through which the reach 34h is passed to the hook 63h. In order to insert the reach to or remove it from the hook it is first necessary to diagonally dispose a portion of the reach 34h and the holder withreference to each other in Fig. 14 so as to move the reach 34 clear of the guard member 61h at one side of the holder, after which the reach 34 may be moved upwardly past said guard member free of the gripping means Blh. This operation is then repeated at the opposite side of the holder to completely remove the reach 34h from the gripping means. By a similar manipulation of the reach 34h and holder I20 said reach may be inserted into the gripping means Glh.

The holder I40, illustrated in Figs. 15 and 16, may be used as the one illustrated in Fig. '7, on a line having more than two reaches. Instead of securing devicesBl and 62 of Fig.7 there are used, in the present holder, securing devices (iii and 621 to grip outer reaches 34 and 3'! respectively. i Each of these securing devices Eli and 621 is, in construction, like the securing devices 6th of the holder shownin Fig. 12. The rollers 581 are also somewhat different as compared with those shown in Figs. 7 and- 8, since they are narrow and have deep grooves to thus guide the reaches 35 and 36 one above the other instead of beside one another as in Fig. 8.

It will be understood that light articles such as handkerchiefs and towels may be hung, if desired, from the uppermost reach of the clothes line. If the clothes lineis so used, or otherwise, the holders'or separators 55, 15, B or I40 and the taut condition of the clothes line between the separators prevent sagging of the upper reach,

under the weight of the clothes which may be hung therefrom, and thusprevent bearing down and rubbing on theintermediate reaches.

Another advantage of the holders 55, 15, 85 and IE0 is that they cause the loads, which may be supported by the'upper and lower reaches, to be partially born by the intermediate reaches.

The holder I80 illustrated in Figs. 17 and 18 is another form constructed for use on clothesline, having a guard reach, such as shown in Fig. 1. It has holding means 6 lq to grip the lower reach of the clothes line which is like that shown in Figs. 12 and 15. It is provided with three rollers, two upper ones 58g and a lower one 59g, between which the intermediate reaches are located and which rollers form diagonal slots 59q which together make a bent slot through which the intermediate reaches are passed when attaching or detaching the holder. The grooves in the roll-' ers 58g and "H11 are wide enough to accommodate the two intermediate reaches of the line, placed side by side. The upper end of the holder l'80 isprovided with a hook 621 Fig.- 18, to engage the upper reach of the line, so that the holder may hang thereon, like the holder 15 shown in Fig. 3.

The free end 11g of the hook extends downwardlyand slightly intothe space between the rollers 58qto form diagonal slots 18: with the upper edges of said rollers 58q so that the upper reach'of the line may be' passed through said slots to a position under the hook B2q, or to remove it from under said hook. It will be understood that with this construction the holder cannot become accidentally detached from the upper reach of the line, and that in order to detach it, it is necessary to move the upper end of the holder to-' ward one side in Fig. 17 until the general direction of one of the slots 'Ifiq is substantially parallel with the line reach, so that the latter may be passed through the slot 18g. The holder is then moved toward the other side to a similar position to facilitate the removal of the line reach through the other slot 'l8q.

While certain preferred embodiments of the invention have been described, it will be understood that certain parts may be used with others and that changes in the form, arrangement, proportions, sizes and details thereof may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. Ina holder, for a pulley clothes line having three reaches, namely two outer reaches to travel simultaneously in the same direction, and an intermediate reach to travel concomitantly with the other'reaohes and in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of said outer reaches, the combination of a body part, means at one end of said holder to grip one of the outer reaches to cause the holder to travel therewith, intermediate means on said body part to engage the intermediate reach to permit freedom of transit of said holder on the intermediate reach, and means at the other-end of said holder toassist in supporting the other outer reach, the first mentioned means, the intermediate means and the last mentioned means of said holder being effective to hold all of the reaches definitely spaced from one another.

2. In a holder, for a pulley clothes line having three reaches, namely, two outer reaches to travel simultaneously inthe same direction, and an intermediate'reach to travel concomitantly with the other reaches and in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of said outer reaches, the

combination of a body part, means at the opposite ends of said body part to engage the two outer reaches to keep them from moving towards and away from each other, and means on said body part to ride on the intermediate reach to keep said intermediate-reach, and meanscooperating with said riding means from moving towards or away from the outer reaches.

3. In a'holder, for a pulley clothes line having three reaches, namely two outer reaches to travel simultaneously inthe same direction, and an intermediate reach to travel concomitantly with the other reaches and in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of said outer reaches, the combination of a body part, means at one end of a said body part to grip one of the two outer reaches of the-clothes line to cause the holder to travel therewith, means at the opposite end of said body part to engage the other outer reach to keep the latter definitely spaced from the first mentioned outer reach, means on said body part to ride on the intermediate reach and to keep theintermediate reach definitely spaced from the outer reaches, and means associated with each one of the three above mentioned means to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from any one of said reaches.

4. In a holder, for a pulley clothes line having two reaches arranged to travel simultaneously in opposite directions, and guard means for one of said reaches arranged to travel with and in the same direction as the other reach, the combination of a body part, means at one end of said body part to grip one reach of the clothes line to cause it to travel therewith, means on said body part to ride on the other reach of the clothes line, and means at the other end of said holder to assist in supporting the guard means, said first mentioned means comprising hookmeans including means to engage one side of the reach and having two members associated therewith one at each side of said hook-means to engage the side of the reach opposite to that side acted on by the reach engaging means, said members cooperating with the reach engaging means to form a bight in the reach.

5. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two outer reaches and an intermediate reach, the combination of a body part, means at one end of said body part to grip one of the two outer reaches of the clothes line, means at the oppocite end of said body part to engage the other outer reach, means on said body part to ride on the intermediate reach of the clothes line, and means associated with each of the three above mentioned means to prevent accidental detachment of said holder from the clothes line, each of the first two mentioned means comprising hook-means to engage its associated reach, one of said hook-means having associated therewith two members one at each side of the hook-means to cooperate therewith and engage the side of the associated reach opposite to that engaged by the hook-means to form with the hook-means a bight in the associated reach.

6. In a holder, for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, the combination of a body part, means at one end of said holder to grip one reach of the clothes line to travel therewith, means on-said body part to rideon the other reach of the clothes line, means at the other end of said holder to assist in supporting suitable guard means for the second mentioned reach, and a member on said body part to cooperate with the riding means to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the second mentioned.

reach.

7. In a holder, for a pulley clothes line having three reaches, namely two outer reaches and an intermediate reach, the outer reaches being arranged to travel simultaneously in the same direction, and the intermediate reach being arranged to travel simultaneously with the outer reaches but in a direction opposite to the direction of the travel of the outer reaches, one of said outer reaches being a guard reach, the combination of a body part, intermediate means to engage the intermediate reach to permit freedom of transit of the holder on the intermediate reach, means on one end of said body part to grip one of the outer reaches and to maintain the holder vertical to the clothes line, and means on the other end of said body part to embrace the other outer reach, the embracing means permitting a slight linear movement of its associated reach. 7

8. In a holder, for a pulley clothes line having three reaches, namely two outerreaches and an intermediate reach, the outer reaches being arranged to travel simultaneously in the same direction, and the intermediate reach being arranged to travel simultaneously with the outer reaches but in a direction opposite to the direction of thetravel of the outer reaches, one of said outer reaches being a guard reach, the combination of a body part, intermediate means on said body part to engage the intermediate reach to permit freedom of transit of the holder on the intermediate reach, means on one end of said body part to grip one of the outer reaches and to maintain the holder vertical to the clothes line, means on the other end of the said body part to embrace the other outer reach, the intermediate means, the gripping means and the embracing means of said holder being efiective to prevent all of the reaches of the clothes line from moving towards or away from one another.

9. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having three reaches, namely two outer reaches and an intermediate reach, the outer reaches being arranged to travel in the same direction, and the intermediate reach being arranged to travel simultaneously with the outer reaches but in a direction opposite to the direction of the travel of the outer reaches, one of said outer reaches being a guard reach, the combination of a body part, intermediate means on the body part'to engage the intermediate reach to permit freedom of transit of the holder on the intermediate reach, means on one end of said body part to grip one of the outer reaches and to maintain the holder vertical to the clothes line, means on the other end of said body part to embrace the other outer reach, means located with respect to and cooperating with the transit means to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the intermediate reach, and means cooperating with the embracing means to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from its cooperative reach.

10. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, the combination of a body part, means at one end of said body part for securing said holder to one reach of the clothes line, said means including a hook extending from said body part to the front thereof and around the line reach, two diagonally disposed keepers past which the reach may be slid while inserting it into said hook, said keepers cooperating with said hook and said reach which is in a taut condition to maintain said holder in a vertical position with respect to the clothes line and also prevent accidental detachment thereof from the first mentioned reach, means on said holder to facilitate freedom of transit of said holder on the other reach of said line, and means-to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the last mentioned reach while the holder is in a vertical position, the last mentioned means forming with the transit facilitating means a slot through which the second mentioned reach may be passed to attach the holder thereto or detach it therefrom only when the holder has been moved from its vertical position, against the action resulting from the taut condition of the first mentioned reach, to a position diagonal of the pulley line.

11. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches namely a clothes carrying reach and an idle reach, said reaches being arranged to travel in opposite directions, the combination of a body part, means on said body part to engage the idle reach to ride thereon, and means at one end of said body part'to grip the clothes carryingreach to cause the holder to travel therewith, the gripping means including a hook extending away from the body part and then upward relatively thereto so that the clothes carrying reach may be inserted into the hook by moving the reach in a plane parallel to the body part and towards the end at which the hook is located,

nane andtwo keepers located-near theupper end of the hook to prevent accidental detachment of the reach from said holder, each keeper having an edge extending over the reach while the lat teris located in said hook, and an inclined face extending upwardly from each edge tofacilitate the insertion of the reach into the hook and llll' der the edges.

12. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches namely a clothes carrying reach and an idle reach, said reaches being arranged to travel in opposite directions, the combination of a body part, means on said body part to engage the idle reach to ride thereon, a hook on and extending away from the body part and then upward relatively thereto so that the clothes carrying reach may be inserted into the hook by moving the reach in a plane parallel to the body part and towards the end at which the hook is located, two keepers located at the upper end of the hook to prevent accidental detachment of the reach from said holder, each keeper having a member extending over the reach while the latter is located in said hook, both keepers being located above the bottom of said hook a distance less than the thickness of the reach so as to produce with said hook a small b ight in the reach and thus cause the holder to travel with the reach, and an inclined face extending upwardly from each of said members to facilitate the insertion of the reach into the hook and under said members.

13. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, namely a clothes carrying reach and an idle reach, said reaches being arranged to travel in opposite directions, the combination of a body part, means on said body part to engage the idle reach to ride thereon, two members arranged one at each side of the body part, said members having reach engaging edges to press against one side of the clothes carrying reach, a third member located between said two members and to press against the opposite side of the clothes carrying reach, said two members being located in the same plane which plane is less than the thickness of the reach away from the reach engaging portion'of said third member so that the three members act on the clothes carrying reach to grip it.

14. In a holder for a pulley clothes line, having two reaches namely a clothes carrying reach and an idle reach, said reaches being arranged to travel in opposite directions, the combination of a narrow body part, means on said body part to ride on said idle reach, and means at the lower end of said body part to grip the clothes carrying reach to cause said holder to travel therewith, the gripping means having two members arranged one close to each side of the body part to press against one side of the clothes carrying reach, and a third member to engage the other side of the clothes carrying reach at a position between the other two members so as to press the reach against the other two members to thus form a kink in the clothes carrying reach.

15. In a holder for a pulley clothes lines having two reaches namely a clothes carrying reach and an idle reach, said reaches being arranged to travel in opposite directions, the combination of a narrow body part, means on said body part to engage the idle reach to travel thereon, means at the lower end of said body part to grip the clothes carrying reach so as to travel therewith, the grippingmeans including two members located one at each side edge of the body part, said members engagingthe upper side of the clothes carrying reach, a third member extending'from said body part and engaging the lower side of the clothes carrying reach, the two members being arranged with respect to the third member to form a low kink in the clothes carrying reach, said two members being also effective to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the clothes carrying reach, the gripping meansbeing effective to keep the holder vertical to the pulley line, and means on said holder which is efiective due to the vertical position of the holder to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the idle reach.

16. In a holder for a pulley clothes line including two reaches, the combination of a body part, transit means on said body part to travel on said line, means at one end of said body part to grip one of said reaches to cause the holder to travel therewith, a portion on the other end of said body part to extend around the other one of said reaches, and two members on the free end of said portion to cooperate with the body part to prevent accidental detachment of said holder from the last mentioned reach.

17. In a holder for a pulley clothes line including two reaches, namely, a first reach and a second reach, the combination of a body part, transit means on said body part to engage the first reach, gripping means to engage the second reach, means associated with the transit means to form a bent slot through which the first reach may be passed to the transit means, and means associated with the gripping means to form a bent slot throughwhich the second reach may be passed to the gripping means, both bent slots being efiective to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from said reaches.

18. In a holder for a pulley clothes line, having an upper reach and a lower reach, the comloination of a body part, transit means on said body part to ride on the upper reach, and gripping means on said body part to engage the lower reach to cause said holder to travel therewith, said gripping means including a single hook extending downwardly at the back of the reach from the body part, then around the lower side of the reach and then upwardly at the front side of the reach, and two rigid members located one at each side of the hook to cooperate with the latter in forming a bight in the lower reach, said members forming with said hook a bent slot through which the reach may be passed while it is being moved into said hook.

19. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two outer reaches and an intermediate reach, the combination of a body part, transit means on said body part to ride on the intermediate reach, means at one end of the body part to grip one of the outer reaches, means at the other end of said body part to engage the other outer reach, and means cooperating with the transit means to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the intermediate reach, the reach engaging means cooperating with the transit means to form therewith a bent slot through which said other outer reach may be passed into effective relation with the reach engaging means, the bent slot being effective to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from said other outer reach.

20. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having an upper reach, a lower reach and an intermediate reach, the upper reach and the lower reach being arranged to travel simultaneously in the same direction while the intermediate reach travels in the opposite direction, the combination of a body part, means on the lower end of the body part to grip the lower reach to cause the holder to travel with said lower reach, hooklike means on the upper end of the body part to embrace the upper reach, two rollers on said body part to ride on the intermediate reach, means located beneath said rollers and cooperating therewith to form a bent slot through 10 which the intermediate reach may be passed into efiective relation with said rollers, the free end of said hook-like means cooperating with said rollers to form therewith a bent slot through which the upper reach may be passed into effective relation with said hook-like means, the bent slots being effective to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from their associated reaches.

JOHN WALDHEIM. 

